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Gelves

Gelves is a city located in the province of Seville, in Andalusia, Spain.

Gelves
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The place

Gelves is a city located in the province of Seville, in Andalusia, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 8,325 inhabitants. It lies on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gelves

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Seville Cathedral

    The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the adjoining Alcázar palace complex and the General Archive of the Indies.

    6.2 km · Catholic Cathedral in Seville (Formerly a Mosque), Spain · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium

    The Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium is a football stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Sevilla, and is named after the club's former president, Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.

    6.9 km · football stadium in Seville, Spain · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Reales Alcázares

    The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville, is a historic royal palace in Seville, Spain and one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. It was formerly the site of the Islamic-era citadel of the city, begun in the 10th century under the Umayyads and then developed into a larger palace complex by the Abbadid dynasty and the Almohads.

    6.1 km · royal palace in Seville, Spain · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Giralda

    The Giralda is the bell tower of Seville Cathedral in Seville, Spain. It was built as the minaret for the Great Mosque of Seville in al-Andalus, during the reign of the Almohad dynasty, with a Renaissance-style belfry added by the Catholics after the expulsion of the Muslims from the area.

    6.3 km · Monument in Seville, Spain · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Estadio de La Cartuja

    Estadio La Cartuja, formerly Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, officially known as Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla, is a stadium situated in the Isla de La Cartuja in Seville, Spain. It is used mostly for football and it is commonly referred to as simply 'La Cartuja'.

    9.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Estadio Benito Villamarín

    Estadio Benito Villamarín is a stadium in Seville, Spain, and the home of Real Betis since its completion in 1929. It has a capacity of 60,721.

    4 km · stadium in Seville, Spain · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Torre del Oro

    The Torre del Oro is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river.

    5.8 km · tower in Seville, Spain · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    University of Seville

    The University of Seville is a university in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded under the name of Colegio Santa María de Jesús in 1505, in 2022 it has a student body of 57,214, and is ranked 6th among Spanish universities.

    5.7 km · university of Spain · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Plaza de España

    The Plaza de España is a plaza in Maria Luisa Park in Seville, Spain. It was built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

    5.5 km · plaza in Seville, Spain · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Puente del Alamillo

    The Alamillo Bridge is a structure in Seville, Andalucia, which spans the Canal de Alfonso XIII, allowing access to La Cartuja, a peninsula located between the canal and the Guadalquivir River. The bridge was constructed as part of infrastructure improvements for Expo 92, which was held on large banana farms on the island.

    9.2 km · first cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge, completed 1992 in Seville, Andalusia, Spain · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gelves

Airports
Seville (SVQ), 14 km · Gibraltar (GIB), 144 km · Málaga-Costa del Sol (AGP), 153 km
Stations
Sevilla-Santa Justa railway station, 7.5 km · 1º de Mayo, 7.5 km · Olivar de Quintos, 6.9 km · Parque de los Príncipes, 5 km · Port of Seville, 3.1 km
  • Málaga → Gelves
    158 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · €22–31
  • Valencia → Gelves
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Madrid → Gelves
    397 km · quickest by air, 6h 33m · €120–180
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gelves

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gelves. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ChefchaouenMA

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    250 km
  2. 02
    Merzouga and Erg ChebbiMA

    8 ways of moving, 41 sources

    717 km
  3. 03
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,493 km
  4. 04
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,522 km
  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,531 km

If you know how people move in Gelves – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Gelves

Gelves is 7 km from Sevilla, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.